MIS420-Chapter 17 Creating an Intranet

What is an Intranet?

What Are Intranets Used For?

• Publishing applications: newsletters, policy manuals, price lists, etc.
• Transaction applications: on-line expense reports, sales, etc.

What You Need to Set Up an Intranet

1. A LAN
2. A web server (at least 16M RAM & 2 GB hard disk space)
3. Web server software (requires network software)
   • Website
   • Netscape
   • IIS
   • Apache
   • Httpd
4. Web authoring programs
   • Homesite
   • Word '97 or '95 and Internet Assistant
   • FrontPage
   • HoTMetaL
   • HTMLAssistant
5. Web browsers
   • Netscape Navigator
   • Microsoft Internet Explorer
   • Sun HotJava